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Wednesday 30 May 2012

are we being denied the cure for cancer?


THE CONSPIRACY
For years scientists and medical researchers have been trying to look for a cure to cancer. Cancer is a category of many individual diseases that are very challenging to treat. We have made steady progress, and many people with cancer can now be cured – but we have not discovered the one cure for all cancer. I personally am not convinced that we will discover a single cure for all cancer, at least not with any extrapolation of current technology. But if we continue to make progress as we are cancer will become an increasingly treatable and even curable type of disease. During the 1980's/90's there were reports if drug "x" curing many of people. However conspiracy be around that once this drug become popular that the government decided to put a cap on it and its a plausible conspiracy. The cancer drug prescriptions is a multi Billion pound industry that creates so much revenue and scientists and researchers get paid so much for researching treatments and cures and so if a cure for all cancers was discovered the Multi billion pound industry dies along with the jobs of the researchers and scientists.
If the cure was discovered then the healthcare for all patients world wide would be significantly lowered and other drugs would be obsolete. So the company that discovered the cure would become billionaires whilst everyone else would go bankrupt.

Even though it is plausible its highly implausible aswell. Cancer is a complex set of diseases that defy sincere attempts at a cure. Those who promote the notion of the hidden cure often simultaneously promote wacky pseudoscientific treatments that they claim work – and Zuvrick is no exception. He believes that Royal Rife cured cancer 70 years ago. Rife was essentially a copycat of Albert Abrams who promoted his radio frequency devices. The concept is to use radio waves to alter the vibrations of cells in the body.

But let’s explore the logic of the hidden cure a bit further. Given that cancer is such a complex set of diseases, there is a vast and evolving science exploring the causes and behavior of cancers. This research takes place in numerous labs around the world. A cure for cancer would likely emerge from a collaboration among many researchers, in different labs and institutions, and even in different countries. Even if one lab made a significant breakthrough, it would be the capstone on top of a large body of research that was available to the entire community (and in fact the public). It would be impossible to keep other researchers from replicating the final steps that lead to a cure.
Often the hidden cure conspiracy idea is framed around the claim that a pharmaceutical company would hide such a cure to protect their profits from other cancer drugs. This claim fails not only for the reason above but for a separate practical reason. It would take about 100 millions dollars of research (if not more) to prove that a drug was actually a cure for one type of cancer (let alone all types of cancer).

Why would a pharmaceutical company spend that kind of research money on a drug they know they have no intention of marketing, just so that they can suppress it? Also – where would they do such research? How could they get past all the regulatory hurdles to perform human research without revealing what they are doing?
Often those who claim that “they” are hiding a cure for cancer have only a vague notion of who “they” are. They generally have an image of the “medical establishment” as monolithic, but nothing could be further from the truth. The medical establishment is composed of universities, professional organizations, journals, regulatory agencies, researchers, funding agencies, and countless individuals – all with differing incentives and perspectives. The idea that they would all be in on a massive conspiracy to hide perhaps the greatest cure known to mankind is beyond absurd.
For those who think the profit motive is sufficient explanation, not all of the people and institutions named are for profit. And what about countries with socialized medicine who could dramatically reduce their health care costs if a cancer cure were found? Is Canada, the UK, all of the European Union, in fact, in on the conspiracy to protect American cancer treatment profits? It’s as if hidden cure conspiracy theorists forget that there are other countries in the world.

Hidden cancer cure conspiracies also are premised on a simplistic notion of how medicine and medical research progresses. The practice of medicine is constantly evolving in a process of creative destruction. New technologies render older ones obsolete. Resources ebb and flow to diseases as they emerge and are reduced or cured. There used to be entire hospitals dedicated to the chronic treatment of tuberculosis – and now, after antibiotics, those hospitals have been repurposed. Researchers, specialists, hospital space, and other resources shift over time to where they are needed.
If a cure for cancer were discovered it would not be as disruptive as is claimed by the conspiracy theorists. It would take years if not decades of research to explore how effective the treatment was for every type, grade, and stage of cancer. We could not assume that it cured all cancer even if it cured one type. And what about people who did not respond to the treatment, or could not tolerate it for some reason? (One might assume a 100% effective and side effect free cure for all cancer, but this gets progressively more unlikely.) Further, any real breakthrough cure would likely tell us something profound about the nature of cancer itself, and this would spawn entire research programs.
Research funding and researchers themselves would shift their focus where it was needed. Some might shift their skills to other diseases entirely, and perhaps fewer doctors and researchers would go into cancer research if a cure were already found. As with any other significant medical advance, the medical infrastructure would adapt.

Conspiracy theorists also tend to ignore the huge incentive to find a cure. For the researchers involved, it would mean fame, fortune, Nobel prizes and an enduring legacy within the halls of medicine. It is safe to say that it is every cancer researcher’s dream to be part of the team that finds the cure for cancer (or at least as big a breakthrough as is plausible).
The institution would also gain fame and prestige, which translates into more donations, better applicants, and also part ownership of any patents. A company that discovered the cure for cancer would make billions, even if it meant it would make existing drugs obsolete. Patents on drugs are finite, so companies are always looking for new drugs anyway. And imagine the public relations boon for the company that cured cancer – their name would forever be “Pharmaceutical Company – We Cured Cancer!” Even if the new treatment could not be patented, it would still be an enduring profit stream for the original company to market it – it would become their Tylenol, only bigger.
And of course the health care systems around the world would rejoice at the potential reduction in health care costs, which are now threatening to cripple the system. Doctors, hospitals, researchers – pretty much everyone, is making less money than they were a couple decades ago because of rising health care costs. The system is now being threatened by further cuts and restrictions to tame rising costs. A significant reduction in overall costs, by curing an expensive disease, would ease the pressure on the entire system, and free up resources for other diseases.

Finally, there is the human element. A hidden cure would require individual people to know that a cure for cancer is available but to deny this cure to dying patients in order to protect their or someone else’s profit. There may be people in the world who are that callous and evil, but think of all the people who would have to be that evil, over years or decades, to maintain a hidden cure. These are people who also have loved-ones who are likely to get cancer at some point in their lives, and who themselves are at risk for cancer. I would not casually assume that the medical establishment is full with such cartoonish maniacal villains.
for more information visit http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-hidden-cancer-cure/

In  conclusion I believe this whole conspiracy is an urban myth but i cannot definitly prove that. I have no knowledge of what the government knows and I could be completely wrong

Monday 28 May 2012

Why do government hide things from us?

Would we feel safer or more scared?


The things we know are things the government has decided to let us know. However there is justification of why they do this and that's this permanent question of "would we feel safer or more scared if we knew the truth?"
















Crime and terror

Lets start with crime and terror. Whenever we see a crime on the news its usually to do with murder because its more interesting to read or hear about than something like a person who refused to pay his parking fine. But what about crimes which only get a bit of media attention. the things that the government doesn't want you to know to make you feel safe and not worried to go out.  For example lets say a news story is that a group of men tried to burgle a huge shopping centre whilst armed and tried to enter from the roof fire escape. For all we know this could be complete truth but what if there intention was not to burgle the shopping centre. What if it was something more serious like a terrorist attack with anthrax. Anthrax is a chemical which disintegrates in the air and kills anyone who inhales it within a few days. These sort of things do happen and are given a cover story. But the government could never tell us the truth of this because it creates a huge amount of fear for the whole population and once the whole population turns fearful how do you calm the situation for the millions? quite simply you can't so they have to hide these things and they are right in doing so. Terrorism is the crime the government hides most for obvious reasons. What do you think? should we know of all crimes in their entirety ?

ALIENS

another controversial topic which everyone loves to discuss is aliens. Not much can be proven if aliens exist or not. However there are stories and articles about UFOs (Americans like to coin the term weather balloons) and alien encounters. Roswell was the first ever supposed human encounter with an alien. He claims he saw the alien and there was debris of a space craft there. How coincidental is it that this man was killed by the government and took all the debris away with them. Which is why I strongly believe there are other life forms out there. I also believe that when we see alien toys or lunch boxes or novelty items or cartoons/movies with aliens in they all look quite similar and usually have a large head and big eyes.
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All of this can be coincidental or it could be "Hollywood" stereotyping what an alien looks like and designers carried on the tradition of making an alien look like this but some people believe this is the governments way of subliminally sending messages to the general population that if aliens did find a way into the general publics eye then we know what they look like and wont be too freaked out when we see them because media has already shown us what they look like.
Area 51 is another thing associated with aliens. Some people believe aliens are experimented on there and others believe that its a secret military base testing new spy planes and weapons. All though there is no proof of what goes on there, there was a documentary recently interviewing people who use to work their. Is it legitimate or is it just used to put the publics mind at rest. the interview is available here http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011461015_area51vets28m.html


So should we know everything that happens or should we not?




Sunday 27 May 2012

How to make peace


Ever since the earth began people from all over the world believed in different Gods or higher beings and that is no different today. Ever since the earth began people from all over the world have been discovering things and making leaps and bounds in the world of science and that is no different today. However ever since the Earth began humanity has not mastered peace for a huge variety of reasons. Wealth, power, religion, land, dictatorship and so many more. But religion has played a major role in warfare, from the ancient times of neanderthal tribes to the crusades to the battle of little big horn to world war 2. Without a doubt there will be wars in the future because of religion whether it be a war between two seperate countries, a rebellion or a civil war.

 

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All religions teach peace however, the way they teach it and their beliefs compell with other religions a prime example is christinaity and islam or hinduism and sikhism. So the problem is misunderstanding of humans. People are so scared and conservative that they will not challenge their beliefs or what their holy book or leader tells them. ( challenging a religious leader or book can be by debating, there is absolutely no need for harsh or demeaning slander we must learn to respect each others views even if it is completely opposite) So if people can't challenge their own beliefs then there is no chance that they will accept other religious views. However i do not understand how people can believe everything their holy book says considering it is thousands of years old and for many years it was just word of mouth. I find this quote from the founder of buddhism and inspirational.
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
 Personally i think if your going to follow any religion then you should go from the foundation of that quote. Religion will never be the cause of world peace because all the similarities cause too many differences. If religion was going to be to the cause of world peace then every human being would have to unite under a new religion where we would all believe the same things but that will never happen.

Science

The entire world is at where it is today because of science. There has been good and been bad from science but we wouldn't be living like we do today without it. Before science humans were only living to 30 before they died of old age, these days we see people living to over 90. Positive outcomes have been, the wheel, fire, x rays, blood transfusion, electricity, medicine, food preservation. However for something to be seen as good there has to be bad to compare it to. Science has led to bad things and some things which are ethically wrong to some such as animal testing, nuclear warheads, H bomb, guns, fission of atoms. Science has been a cause of war but it is also the cure. When scientists can master the fusing of atoms and fuse together, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen all in one then we can make crude oil. This means the world has no need to keep digging for oil, it means the west dont have to invade the east just for oil. Nuclear powerstations would no longer be needed. But this is a long way away as we dont have the right conditions yet for such an advancement.

World Peace

Of course there are many other factors which are needed for world peace, the world needs to restore a stable economy, water purification needs to be learned to all countries, all countries need a democracy or a republic not a communism. But as far as warfare is concerned then the cause is science and religion but so is the cure. Its impossible for us all to unite under one religion thats just never going to happen, but if we learn to understand and accept each others views and not brainwash or ram religion down peoples throats then we have the foundations for compassion and love to all human beings. The other main factor is science when the people in power all over the world finally realise that money needs to be spent on science and not warfare then there is no war between west and east and we can live in peace. The very things that divide us must be the very things than bring us together.